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What is baltimorese?
Baltimorese, sometimes phonetically written Bawlmerese or Ballimerese, is a dialect of American English in the Mid Atlantic United States that originated among the white blue-collar residents of working class South and Southeast Baltimore.
Reference(s): From the BaltimoreHon Web and EnglishGratis web sites
aigs - eggs
Amblance -- ambulance
arnjuice - orange juice (an example of the widespread use of elision)
Atna Canny - in the suburbs, i.e. "out in the County." May or may not refer to Baltimore County
Bawlmer - Baltimore (pronounced BAWL-mur)
Beeno - B&O Railroad
Blare - Bel Air, or Belair Road.
Caff lick - Catholic
cole race beef samwish - cold roast beef sandwich
crown - crayon
downey ayshin (down the ocean) - at the beach (spent sum'r weekends downey ayshin). 'At' or 'to' is implied, but not a part of the elision; specifically, it means Ocean City, Maryland
Dundawk - Dundalk, as in Dundalk, Maryland
gubmint - government
hon - a universal name used for greeting (in extreme instances, pronounced in two syllables, "huh-in")
Jeet...Did you eat?...usually answered by "nojew?"
meer - mirror
Merlin - Maryland
Naplis - Annapolis
ool - oil
ornj - orange
arster - oyster
pleese - multiple police officer
tawlit - toilet
taeta - potato (most commonly used with 'chips')
warsh - to wash
Warshngton - As in Washington D.C., or Washington County
wooja - Would you?
yell-uh - yellow
Yerp - Europe
youse - plural of you
zink - sink
Hey hon, buffer thar wuz Pittsburghese, thar wuz the Balwmorese (Baltimorese) dictionary, so you can co-moon-icate wiff the natives (circa 1996).
baltimorese - video
Baltimorese - what is it?
a bunch of words that sound like gibberish but are really twisted words
barber: can i speak baltimorese on em rq?
client: sure
barber: he said he going down alanabatangs and he needed to come get maniggalated fuhwitmanigga asuhutin lemenuhit